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Issue: Action Comics #590
Publication Date: July 1987
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Issues: #590 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/31/1987
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Chemo is back!
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In Content Item: FlagSupermán #25 published October 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #4 published October 2005
as Action Comics #590 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Better Dying Through Chemistry

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Lydecker
First Line: Now, this is where it gets really interesting.
Synopsis: When Clark Kent accidentally falls in a vat of chemicals, a new Chemo is born, one shaped like Superman and with Superman's powers. Superman and the Metal Men team up to stop it.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermán #25 published October 1987
as La Química Proporciona Muerte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #4 published October 2005
as Better Dying Through Chemistry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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Packs of Fun for Everyone!

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Hey Kids! Fly High

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First Line: The best tasting bubble gums under the sun!
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Pages: 1
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Who Knows What Evil Lurks

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First Line: All-new monthly series starting in May. Deluxe format!
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Pages: 1
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Today Is the First Day of the the Rest of His Life...

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First Line: A good day to be Green Arrow
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Venture Into the 21st Century!

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First Line: Witness the merging of man and machine
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Write Right Now!

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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17 and above the 'Mazing Man promo. Twelve ads for various products.
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Help Find 'Mazing Man or We May Never See Him Again!

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First Line: Find out more in the 'Mazing Man Special on sale in April
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17 and below the Write Right Now! ads. Includes image of the cover to 'Mazing Man Special (DC, 1987 series) #1.
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Annual 1987

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First Line: Secret Origins Annual #1 the complete story behidn the strangest team of all... the Doom Patrol!
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17. Includes images of the covers to Secret Origins Annual (DC, 1987 series) #1 and Superman Annual (DC, 1987 series) #1.
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Who's W̶h̶o̶ New in the DC Universe?

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Feature(s): Who's Who in the DC Universe
First Line: Update 1987 5 new issues starting in April!
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21.
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2 Free Months of DC Comics!

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First Line: Subscribe now and you'll get 14 months of your favorite DC title(s) for the price of 12 months.
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Superman vs. Superboy

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First Line: The DC Universe isn't big eough for both of them!
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Disclose Notes: Artwork isolated from the cover of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #591 except the Cosmic Boy and Ultra Boy figures, which are from an unknown source.
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Alone Against Chaos

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First Line: Three days ago, he was just an ordinary man. Now he's all that stands between us and ultimate evil.
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The Closest Thing to Real Racing

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First Line: The ultimate HO scale system
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Let Oreo Cookies Put You in the Mickey Mouse Club!

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First Line: Save $2.00 when you join.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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